Serial No. 05 (w.e.f. 01 April 2021)

THE DELHI GOLF CLUB

Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, New Delhi – 110003

www.delhigolfclub.org

Minutes of the meeting of the Membership Sub Committee of the Delhi Golf Club held on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 at 12 Noon in the Board Room.

PRESENT:

Mr. Prabhat Singh	Chairman
Cmde Sharat Mohan (Retd)	Co-chairman
Mr. L. R. Raisinghani	Member
Mr. Jayant Juneja	Member
Mr. Manjit Singh	President
Maj. Gen. Anil P Dere (Retd)	Captain
Mr. Navneet Singh	Treasurer
Mr. Sanjeev Tripathi	GC member by Zoom
Mr. Uday Walia	GC member by Zoom
Mr. Prabhash Jain	GC member by Zoom
Cdr. Anil Kumar Rattan (Retd)	Chief Executive
Mr. Jatin Ruhela	Manager (HR / Membership)
Mr. Susheel Kumar Raina	Dy. Manager Membership
Mr. Mohammad Zeeshan	Executive
Mrs. Ekta Jaggi Patial	Executive

1. ACTION TAKEN REPORT OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 17 AUGUST 2021.

The Action Taken Report was noted.

The Committee noted that Mr. Karan Abbott had not paid Entrance fees within one month from the date of issue of grant letter. It was decided that the offer given to him be withdrawn.

2. RESIGNATION:

The Committee accepted the following resignations with regret:

a) Mr. Vijai Kapoor (K557) resigning as ‘M/W’ member.

b) Mrs. Mohini Chowdhry (C140) resigning as ‘M/W’ member.

c) Mrs. Joan Kalra (K280) resigning as ‘SS’ member.

d) Mrs. Lalita Bhat (SS184) resigning as ‘SS’ member.

3. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR TENURE MEMBERSHIP: -

The Committee noted that there were 14 vacancies for Foreign Tenure / Corporate Tenure memberships. In view of this, the Committee approved Foreign Tenure / Corporate Tenure memberships on the basis of receipt of application form.

a) FOREIGN TENURE:

(i) Mr. Juichiro Suzuki, Coordinator, Japan Plus, Invest India / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, is recommended for Foreign Tenure ‘C’ membership subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate. (Nationality: Japan) (Date of receiving of application: 11/09/2021)

(ii) Mr. Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia, Non-Executive Chairman, Dominvs Group Ltd. (previously was a Foreign Tenure ‘M/W’ member) is recommended for Foreign Tenure ‘M/W’ membership. (Nationality: British) (Date of receiving of application: 16/09/2021).

(iii) Mr. Michael Robert Chandler, Diplomat, US Embassy, is recommended for Foreign Tenure ‘C’ membership subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate. (Nationality: USA) (Date of receiving of application: 18/09/2021)

b) CHANGE OF CORPORATE NOMINEE:

(i) Mr. Sanjeev Tokhi, Director (Exploration), M/s. ONGC Videsh Limited, Handicap 15.2 from Bombay Presidency Golf Club Ltd., is recommended for Corporate Tenure ‘M/W’ membership in place of Mr. Sudhir Sharma (CPD126.

(ii) Mr. Kaukab Shamshi, Senior Vice President, M/s. Citibank, is recommended for Corporate Tenure ‘C’ membership subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate in place of Mr. Aditya Agarwal (CPG50).

4. APPROVAL OF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS AND ITS NOMINEES;

The following corporate memberships and nominees were approved:

a) M/s. Mohit Minerals Ltd. (Turnover – INR 1146.82 Cr) – Manufacturing

(i) Mr. Arvind K. Nigam, Advisor, M/s. Mohit Minerals Ltd, Handicap 11 from Qutab Golf Course is recommended for Corporate Tenure ‘A’ membership.

(ii) Ms. Sunita Dutt, Advisor, M/s. Mohit Minerals Ltd, Handicap 17 from Noida Golf Course is recommended for Corporate Tenure ‘M/W’ membership.

b) M/s. Surgi Mart. (Turnover – INR 87.83 in Cr) – Service Industry

(i) Mr. Atul Nanda, Senior Advocate, M/s. Surgi Mart, Handicap 8 from Chandigarh Golf Club.

(ii) Mr. Ankur Mangla, Partner, M/s. Surgi Mart, subject to Golf Test / Handicap.

c) M/s. Somany Ceramics Limited. (Turnover – INR 1622 in Cr) - Manufacturing

(i) Mr. Abhishek Somany, Managing Director, M/s. Somany Ceramics Limited, Handicap 11 from Qutab Golf Course.

(ii) Mr. Arjun Kohli, Consultant, M/s. Somany Ceramics Limited, Handicap 11 from Qutab Golf Course.

The following corporate membership was not approved due to non-submission of required documents certifying annual turnover. It was decided that the company be requested to submit the required documents.

a) M/s. Metlife Global Operations Support Center – Service Industry

Mr. Kush Kumar Kamra, SVP & MD, M/s. Metlife Global Operations Support Center subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate.

The following corporate membership was not approved as the Company does not fulfill the required annual turnover criteria of Rs. 25 Cr.

b) M/s. Ishaan Metals Pvt Ltd – Service / Consultancy

(i) Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, M/s. Ishaan Metals Pvt Ltd., subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate.

(ii) Mr. Ishan Aggarwal, M/s. Ishaan Metals Pvt Ltd., subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate.

5. UPGRADATION

v ‘M/W’ TO ‘A’

Indian Business Category:

S.no.	M.no.	NAME	D.O.E.as M/W Member	H’CAP				No of Cards
S.no.	M.no.	NAME	D.O.E.as M/W Member	Jul 21	Aug 21	Sep 21
1.	T161	MR ADITYA PRATAP TRIPATHI	07/01/2002	10	11	11	33

Indian Service Category:

S.no.	M.no.	NAME	D.O.E.as M/W Member	H’CAP			No of Cards
S.no.	M.no.	NAME	D.O.E.as M/W Member	Jul 21	Aug 21	Sep 21
1.	M633	JUSTICE MANMOHAN	24/09/2020	7	7	7	24

Presently, in this category, there is only one member who fulfills the criteria in Indian Service category. There are 04 slots (pending from last meeting) and 01 slot is being taken in Indian Service. Remaining 03 slots will be adjusted in Indian Service Category in future.

v ‘C’ to ‘M/W’

Indian Business Category:

S. No	Mem. No.	Name	DOE as ‘C’ Member	Handicap
S. No	Mem. No.	Name	DOE as ‘C’ Member	‘B’	‘A’
1.	K799	MRS ANUPAMA KUMAR	14/01/2019	15
2.	C385	MS. REMEN CHOPRA W.VAN DER VAART	24/04/2020	16
3.	M636	MR. GIRISH MEHRA	07/12/2020	8
4.	H142	MR. JASVINDER HANS	22/03/2021	7
5.	N210	MS. NITASHA NANDA	22/03/2021	9
6.	S1045	MR. RAJIVE SURI	22/03/2021	11
7.	K842	MR JAIDEEP CHAND KHANNA	23/08/2021	Handicap 15 from Tamarack Country Club
8.	K843	MR. ARUN JIT KHEHAR	23/08/2021	12

Indian Service Category:

S. No	Mem. No.	Name	DOE as ‘C’ Member	Handicap
S. No	Mem. No.	Name	DOE as ‘C’ Member	‘B’	‘A’
1.	S1039	JUSTICE VINEET SARAN	17/07/2020		17
2.	B629	MR. SANJAY BHATIA	07/12/2020	7
3.	K835	MR SANJOG KAPOOR	22/03/2021	1

6. NEW MEMBERSHIP

(A) INDIAN BUSINESS CATEGORY – 04 VACANCIES

S.no	REG. NO. & DATE	NAME	OCCUPA- TION	PROPOSER	SECONDER	REMARKS
1.	3276 16.09.1992	Mr. Nikhil Behl	Business	Mr. Rajeev Puri	Mr. R. Raj	Handicap 11.7 from Northern California Golf Association
2.	3278 16.09.1992	Mr. Arun Das	Business	Mr. C.V. Singh	Lt. Gen. B.N. Das	Handicap 15.8 from Bombay Presidency Golf Club
3.	3280 18.09.1992	Mr. Hemant Kumar Batra	Business	Dr. Farooq Abdullah	Mr. S.S. Anand	Handicap 16 from Air Force Sports Complex
4.	3281 18.09.1992	Mr. Narinder Dhruv Batra	Business	Dr. Farooq Abdullah	Mr. S.S. Anand	Handicap 16 from Air Force Sports Complex

(B) INDIAN SERVICE CATEGORY – 03 VACANCIES

S. NO.

REG. NO. & DATE

NAME

OCCUPA-

TION

PROPOSER

SECONDER

REMARKS

1721

01.08.2001

Dr. Shamsher Singh

IPS

Mr. Shivraj Gupta

Mr. S. Jain

Handicap 18 from Gaekwad Baroda Golf Club

1784

20.11.2002

Mr. Rahul Gosain

Govt. Service

Mr. R.K. Sarkar

Mr. S.P. Dua

Handicap 18 from Railway Ecological Golf Club

AS PER LETTER DT. 27.09.2012 FROM L&DO THAT 10% OF THE 20% VACANCIES TO BE FILLED UP THE APPLICANTS FROM AMONGST THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT)

S. NO.

REG. NO. & DATE

NAME

OCCUPA-

TION

PROPOSER

SECONDER

REMARKS

2403

05.12.2019

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai

Supreme Court Judge

Mr. Rohit Sabherwal

Maj. Gen. Anil P. Dere

Presently Government Tenure member

(C) DEPENDENT APPLIED IN TIME – 05 VACANCIES

S. NO.

REG. NO. & DATE

NAME

DOB

PROPOSER

SECONDER

REMARKS

5518

25.05.2001

Mrs. Prerna Dhingra

D/o. Wg. Cdr S.P. Dhingra (Retd)

21.09.1979

Mr. Omi Malhotra

Wg. Cdr S.P. Dhingra

SD729

(Courtesy interviewed)

2.	5578 18.01.2002	Mr. Kanishk S/o. Mr. P.K. Srivastava	07.10.1983	Mr. P. Sundra	Maj. D.N. Dass	SD952
3.	5580 05.02.2002	Mr. Akshay Sood S/o. Mr. Ajay Sood	04.02.1983	Mr. Satish Sood	Mr. Sudhir Kapur	SD895
4.	5581 05.02.2002	Ms. Pekhna Bahl D/o. Capt L.S. Bhal	20.12.1983	Brig. D.S. Vasudev	Mr. Sanjiv Chaudhry	SD961
5.	5583 19.02.2002	Mr. Shiv Chopra S/o. Mr. Sanjeev Chopra	14.02.1984	Mr. Achal Nath	Mr. B.S. Majithia	SD978

(D) DEPENDENT APPLIED LATE – 01 VACANCY

S. NO.

REG. NO. & DATE

NAME

DOB

PROPOSER

SECONDER

REMARKS

2973

25/03/1992

Mr. Aniljit Singh

S/o. Mr. Mohanjit Singh

05/08/1968

Lt. Gen. K.D. Kapur (Retd)

Mr. .C.R Bakshi

SD009

7. EMAIL DATED 14 SEP 2021 FROM M/S. SPICEJET LIMITED FOR RENEWAL OF CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP. (CURRENT MEMBERSHIP EXPIRED ON 08.10.2021 AND APPLIED FOR 2^ND TERM)

The Committee approved renewal of Corporate membership of M/s. Spicejet Limited.

8. LETTER DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. SANDILLYA GOSWAMI REQUESTING FOR TRANSFER OF APPLICATION OF LATE DR JAYANTA MADHAV (IB2522 DATED 16.11.1989) IN NAME OF HIS SPOUSE MRS. CHANDANA MADHAV.

The Committee opined that Article regarding transfer of application of an applicant had been defeated in the AGM and the Bye – Law for transfer of application was no more valid and in future, no request for transfer of applicant of the deceased applicant will be entertained. Hence, the Committee rejected the request for transfer of application.

The relevant Bye – Law may be updated.

9. LETTER DATED 08 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MS. PAYAL KAPUR (IB3584) REQUESTING TO PAY ENHANCED REGISTRATION PAYMENT.

The Committee approved that Mr. Payal Kapur would have to pay the enhanced registration fees at the same rate as applicable in the year 2006 plus applicable compound interest. After making payment, her application will be termed ‘Active’.

10. LETTER DATED 03 AUGUST 2021 FROM MR. G. KAMALA VARDHANA RAO REQUESTING FOR LIFE MEMBERSHIP.

As there is no provision in the Club Articles, the Committee decided that his request for Life membership cannot be acceded to.

11. EMAIL DATED 04 OCTOBER 2021 FROM MR. ASEEM TIWARI REQUESTING FOR REFUND OF ADVANCE ENTRANCE FEES.

The above matter was deferred.

12. EMAIL DATED 02 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. AJAY KUMAR GUPTA REGARDING HIS DATE OF ELECTION AS AN ASSOCIATE ‘C’ MEMBER.

The Committee discussed the case of Mr. Ajay Kumar Gupta. In the light of his application form available in the Club records, the fact was clear that this Application Form was recreated by the committee on the basis of the decision taken in Membership Committee meeting held on 1^st Sep 2010 to reinstate his case. Hence, his seniority is being counted from dated of becoming ‘C’ member.

During the examination, Committee did not find any other facts / figures about his seniority date.

In view of the above the request raised by the Mr. Ajay Gupta was rejected by the Committee.

13. LETTER DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. ARUN JHA REQUESTING TO CONDONE THREE MONTHS’ DELAY IN APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE CLUB UNDER DEPENDENT CATEGORY FOR HIS SON MR. UTKARSH YASH.

As there is no provision to condone delay in apply for membership of the Club under Dependent Category, the request from Mr. Arjun Jha was rejected.

14. LETTER DATED 07 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. PUSHPINDER SINGH PUNIHA (P245) REQUESTING FOR RESTORATION OF APPLICATION OF HIS SON MR. ABHAY RAJ SINGH.

The Committee discussed the request from Mr. Pushpinder Singh Puniha. The Committee opined that a cheque had already been issued by Club towards refund of application money. The Committee rejected the request for restoration of application of his son’s application.

15. EMAIL DATED 06 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. DINESH KUMAR (IS1837) REQUESTING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HIS APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP UNDER INDIAN SERVICE CATEGORY.

As there is no provision to consider application of retired Govt. Official in Indian Service Category, the Committee rejected the request from Mr. Dinesh Kumar.

16. EMAIL DATED 17 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. SOMESH GOYAL (IS1840) REQUESTING FOR CONSIDERATION OF HIS APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP UNDER INDIAN SERVICE CATEGORY.

As there is no provision to consider application of retired Govt. Servant in Indian Service Category, the Committee rejected the request from Mr. Somesh Goyal.

17. EMAIL DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM MR. RATAN KAPOOR (K588) REGARDING DIVORCE CERTIFICATE.

The Committee discussed the above matter. It was decided that Mr. Ratan Kapoor may be requested to submit certified copy of Court Judgement regarding his divorce and as also a certified copy of marriage certificate.

18. LETTER DATED 30.08.2021 FROM MRS. NIDHI MADAN W/O. LATE MR. ANIL MADAN REGARDING MR. SAARTHAK CHHIBBER.

The Committee discussed the above letter from Mr. Nidhi Madan. The Committee opined that a legal opinion be taken.

19. OTHER POINTS:

a) Status of applications of all categories at the Club’s Website:

Chairman Membership apprised the Committee of the email received from Mr. Prabhash Jain regarding status of applications of all categories (IB, IS, DT & DL) to be uploaded at the Club’s website.

In order to have total transparency in membership affairs, it was decided that status of applications of all categories (Registration no. and date) be uploaded at the Club’s website.

b) Definition of Outstation member:

The Committee deliberated on definition of an outstation member. After due deliberations, the Committee opined that, for handicap purposes only, the members who were residing in Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad may also be considered as outstation members.

The above may be incorporated in the Bye – Laws.

c) Bye – Law regarding refund of Advance Entrance Fees:

The Committee noted that as per existing Bye – Law, the advance entrance fees, which was charged from Senior Dependents, was refundable only to Senior Dependents Applied in Time but not refundable to Senior Dependent Applied Late.

It was proposed that the Bye – Law may be amended and advance entrance fees should also be refundable to Senior Dependents Applied Late retrospectively.

It was decided that the above proposal be put up before the General Committee for necessary amendment.

The above may be incorporated in the Bye Law.

d) Case of Mr. Aman Dewan:

The Captain apprised the Committee of the recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee made in the case of Mr. Aman Dewan (Annexure – I).

After due deliberations, it was decided that his year of birth be corrected as 1975 instead of 1968 in the Club records and there will be no other changes in his status in any way.

e) Letter dated 16 September 2021 from Mr. Udayan Lall (L099) regarding application of his daughter Ms. Rasika Lall (SL159).

The President was requested to constitute a Fact Finding Committee to look into such type of cases. It was decided that the above letter be put up before the Fact Finding Committee when constituted.

f) Approval of Corporate membership:

The Committee approved the Corporate membership of M/s. RITES Limited and its following nominees:

(i) Mr. Rahul Mithal, CMD, M/s. RITES Limited, subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate.

(ii) Mr. Ashok Kumar, CVO, M/s. RITES Limited, subject to Golf Test / Handicap Certificate.

g) Handicap requirement from Senior Dependents (SD/SL):

It was decided that Sr. Dependents, who had paid advance entrance fees in 2016 were not required to submit current handicap at the time when their turn comes up for new membership. However, those Senior Dependents who did not pay the Advance Entrance fees in 2016, would be required to submit current handicap (not older than six months) at the time of becoming a member.

20. VOTE OF THANKS: - There being no other point, the meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.

JATIN RUHELA

MANAGER (MEMBERSHIP)

CDR ANIL KUMAR RATTAN (RETD)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

RAGHAV CHANDRA

CHAIRMAN